Stepan tied the score at 1:15 when he stole the puck from Zdeno Chara behind the Boston net. Rask left the puck for Chara, who had his stick lifted and the puck stolen by Stepan. The Rangers' forward wrapped a shot around the left post into an open net.

Pyatt tipped a shot on net at 5:30, but Rask made the stop.

The Bruins went on a power play when McDonagh skated into Rask at 6:04. Lundqvist robbed Horton before the Rangers killed off the penalty.

Two seconds after McDonagh returned to the ice, the Bruins took a 3-1 lead on Tyler Seguin's goal. Lundqvist made the initial stop on Seguin. However, the rebound came out to Seguin, who scored from the left circle.

The Bruins were called for having too many men on the ice at 8:55 and the Rangers ended a drought of 23 straight power plays without a goal (12 in this series) when Boyle scored from between the hash marks at 10:00.

Chris Kelly tripped Hagelin at 12:00 to give the Rangers another power play.

Rask stopped a Boyle shot with 5:33 left.

Lundqvist stopped a blast from Krug from the left point with 3:49 left.

The Bruins were outshooting the Rangers, 33-25.

End of period: Rangers 3, Bruins 3

SECOND PERIOD

Ryan McDonagh hit the right post 19 seconds into the period.

McDonagh tied up Bergeron at the other end of the ice at 1:41 to prevent a Boston scoring chance.

Newbury was called for goalie interference at 3:09 when he knocked Rask down at the right post.

The penalty proved costly as the Bruins took a 1-0 lead at 4:39 via a power play goal.

Horton sent a pass to David Krejci, but the puck was deflected back to the Boston winger. Horton was able to beat Lundqvist from the left circle for his fifth goal of the playoffs.

Boston went back on the power play at 6:04 when Michael Del Zotto was sent off for interference.

Again the Bruins made the Rangers pay. Defenseman Torey Krug drilled a slap shot that beat Lundqvist on his glove side at 7:41 for a 2-0 Bruins lead.

The Rangers answered with a fluke goal at 8:39. Hagelin, battling Johnny Boychuk, put a backhander on net. The slow shot seemed harmless, but Rask fell on his backside and the puck went into the open left side of the net.

That got the Garden crowd roaring.

Lundqvist made a big save on Brad Marchand's shot with 7:02 left to keep it close.

Jaromir Jagr took a holding penalty at 13:28.

Marchand was temporarily shaken up with 5:04 left when he was hit with a puck while sitting on the Boston bench.

The Bruins were outshooting the Rangers, 21-12.

End of period: Bruins 2, Rangers 1

FIRST PERIOD

Lundqvist made a save on Shawn Thorton at 1:24.

Roman Hamrlik, in for Stralman, took a delay of game penalty at 1:43.

John Moore and then Hagelin had shot that Rask stopped, the latter at 6:41. The Rangers were being outshot, 7-2, at that point.

Thornton's quick shot with 8:26 left hit Lundqvist and went clear.

The Rangers went on a power play at 12:42 when Bruins defenseman Matt Bartkowski was called for slashing. Unable to score, the Rangers' power play was 0-for-11 in the series and 2-for-29 in the postseason.

Patrice Bergeron's shot through a screen with 1:01 to go missed the net. Lundqvist never saw the shot.